According to Rosstat, agriculture (+3.1% year-on-year), household activities (+1.4), mineral resources production (+1.1%), and healthcare and social services sphere (+0.4%) showed the highest growth at the last year-end.

The highest decline was noted in wholesale and retail sector (-10% year-on-year), construction (-7.4%), processing industries (-5.1%), and hotels and restaurants business (-5.3%).

Final consumption expenditures totaled 71.7% in the Russia’s GDP structure at 2015 year-end and declined 0.5% year-on-year. At the same time, the net export share in the GDP was up 1.6% and reached 8.2%, Rosstat said.